Only DTI teaches you
everything youneed to know to become a QUALIFIED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR!

What Will You Learn with DTI's Master Detective Course

DTI offers professional
training to help you quickly establish your
credentials. We analyzed what PIs need to learn to
be successful and we designed and developed our
training to meet those needs. Our learning
components build on one another so that the
content is easier to grasp and more interesting
than conventional instruction. When you train at
home with this fascinating course, you will
develop important skills in the seven major skill areas. Here is what you will learn and be
able to do when you complete your DTI
training.

1. BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCHTo understand the present, you need to know the
past. With DTI, you’ll learn how to
discretely examine a person’s past including
criminal history, education, assets, income,
lifestyle, and reputation. In private personal
background investigations, you’ll learn how, with
only a “head shot” of the subject, to piece together
an “information chain” that results in a complete
profile of the subject. In employment-related
investigations, you’ll learn how to evaluate the
accuracy of a job candidate’s qualifications,
character, and fitness for a specific position and
to identify potential hiring risks, especially for
those seeking a position of high security or
trust—all compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting
Act (FCRA).

DTI places special emphasis on database and
hand searching methods and tells you how to subscribe to special
PI databases.

2. SKIP TRACING AND LOCATING MISSING PERSONS
PIs have to locate people for many purposes. With skip tracing
skills, you’ll be able to assist your clients in
locating debtors, witnesses, missing persons, old
friends, past lovers, runaway juveniles, divorced
parents who abduct their children, bail jumpers, and
fugitives fleeing from justice. You’ll learn the
latest tactics to find anyone for any reason, and
how to ethically and legally get people to divulge
confidential information on the whereabouts of
others.

3. SURVEILLANCE
AND SURVEILLANCE PHOTOGRAPHY
Surveillance is the process of discreet observation
without detection—with the intention of gathering
and documenting facts. Surveillance is not only
about being a master of disguise; it’s about
blending in naturally and operating just below the
radar so no one knows you’re there. Used extensively
in many investigations including insurance fraud,
personal injury, internal theft, and marital
investigations, you’ll learn the same tactics used
by the FBI’s Special Surveillance Group (SSG) to
follow subjects in an ordinary manner so that
subjects will look right past you. You’ll learn
hundreds of surveillance tips, including the latest
GPS and unmanned remote surveillance technology to
track a subjects every move from the comfort of your
laptop computer. And, to help refine your skills,
you’ll conduct real foot and vehicle
surveillance assignments in your community and
submit photos and surveillance reports to DTI
for grading and critiquing.

5. BUSINESS
CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS
Criminals use more sophisticated methods today
than ever before. Business clients need
investigators who know how to investigate and
counteract criminal activities. You’ll learn how
to detect and eliminate internal theft,
embezzlement, and manipulation of accounts and
payroll. You will know when to employ undercover
agents, and how to detect shoplifters, make
arrests, and conduct “integrity” shopping tests.
You’ll learn advanced techniques for
investigating “misdirection of inventory to
unauthorized addresses,” industrial espionage,
and computer “hacking,” and how to protect
company secrets, employ computer security
measures, and more!

6. MEETING THE THREAT OF DANGER
Inherent risks and danger exist in some aspects
of private investigation, such as providing
executive protection against terrorism, making
arrests, and providing bodyguard services to
wealthy and famous clients and their families.
Without training to meet the threat of danger,
you will be at risk. With DTI, you will
become capable of protecting yourself and your
client by keeping the advantage in your favor in
any pressure situation.

7. STARTING YOUR CAREERStarting
a PI career is easy when you train with DTI.
When you graduate, you'll have the investigative
skills to meet the prescribed standards for PIs. And, you
will also learn, step-by-step, the
proven and precise methods of securing a
position in a detective agency. Topics include:
what employers look for in new investigators,
locating the agency you want to work for,
writing an impressive resume, appearance and
attitude, what to say and do in the interview
along with post interview follow-up and more!

Also, if you want to start your own agency, even
a home- based business, DTI will teach you
how to select a name, price your services,
advertise for clients, understand legal aspects (business
license, state license, bonding and insurance)
and much more. You get more with DTI
—we not only teach you private investigation
skills, we help you start your career!

Lessons include: Getting a Job as a Private
Investigator, and Operating Your Own Agency.